Legal details, data protection

Area of applicability

This is the official website of Schulthess Maschinen AG and serves the purpose of providing customer information.

Intellectual property and other rights

Schulthess Maschinen AG is the owner and operator of this website. All brands, names, titles, logos, pictures, designs, texts and other materials appearing in it are the property of Schulthess Maschinen AG. Calling up, downloading or copying does not confer any rights. Reproduction, irrespective of whether in full or in part (electronically or by other means), modification, linking or use of the website for public or commercial purposes is permissible only with the prior written approval of Schulthess Maschinen AG.

Exclusion of liability

Schulthess Maschinen AG excludes all liability (including negligence) arising from the access or inability to access the website or individual elements thereof and their use. Access and use of the website are not guaranteed.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how we protect and process your personal data. We attach great importance to protecting your personal data and keeping it safe, and adhere strictly to the GDPR.

Data Protection Officer

What is personal data?

Any information which refers to an identified/ identifiable natural person.

Protection of data

We protect data against unauthorised or unlawful use by all means at our disposal, and treat it with strictest confidentiality at all times. In the event that data is lost or misused, all persons concerned will be informed in detail within the legally stipulated timeframe, and will also be informed of the countermeasures taken.

Processing personal data

If you share personal data with us, we will use and process it only for predefined and legitimate purposes. We will not share your personal data with any third party unless we are legally required to do so, or unless you have given your express consent.

Consent

By confirming this Privacy Policy, you consent for us to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes.

Right of information regarding stored personal data

You may contact our data protection officer at any time to view your personal data. You retain the right to demand confirmation of whether and how your personal data is being processed and used.

Right of correction

You are entitled to demand immediate rectification or supplementation of incorrect or incomplete personal data.

Deletion of data

You retain the right at all times to demand that your personal data is deleted if it is no longer needed for its original purpose.

Further, you may withdraw your consent for your data to be processed, or restrict the usage of your data.

Duration of storage

Personal data shall only be stored for as long as necessary, or for as long as legislation requires. As soon as there is no longer any need to store your data or we are no longer legally required to do so, we will delete your personal data.

Registration on our website

When you register on our website in order to make use of personalised services, we will store the personal data you share with us. This includes your name, address, telephone number and email address as contact details.

Registration enables you to access restricted services and content which are only available to registered users.

Newsletter

Your personal data will be used exclusively for the purpose stated at registration, or to provide information about this service or relevant circumstances. Your personal details will not be shared with any third parties.

If you would like to receive our newsletter, you need to give us a valid email address. We will also store the IP address used during the newsletter registration process and the date on which the newsletter was ordered. This information is stored as evidence in case someone fraudulently uses your email address to register for the newsletter.

At any time, you may withdraw your consent for us to store your personal data and email address and use this information to send you our newsletter. A link is provided on our website and in each newsletter for this purpose. Alternatively, you may withdraw your consent by contacting our data protection officer directly.

Contact form

If you contact us via our online contact form or via email, we will store the personal data you share in order to answer your enquiry or ask followup questions where necessary.

Services and content from third parties

Some of our services include content, services or deliverables from other providers. These include, for example, maps from Google Maps, YouTube videos and images and pictures from other websites. In order for these to be displayed on your browser, your IP address has to be transmitted. This means that your IP address is shared with the respective service provider.

Although we make every effort to use third party service providers who require your IP address only in order to deliver content, we have no control over whether or not your IP address is stored by the respective party. In such cases, it is done so for statistical purposes only. If we know your IP address will be stored by a third party, we will inform you accordingly.

Cookies

This website uses socalled cookies (text files) which make it easier to use the site and ensure it is displayed correctly. These cookies contain information on your browser, IP address, operating system and internet connection. You may call up the website without cookies. However, we regret to inform you that this may severely restrict the functionality and userfriendliness of the website. You can deactivate cookies at any time in your browser. Cookies will only be stored for a maximum of 90 days.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”. These are text files which are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyse your use of the website. The data generated by the cookie concerning your use of the website is generally transmitted to the Google server in the USA, where it is stored. If you are located in a member state of the European Union, or another state which is party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address will first be abridged by Google for the purpose of IP anonymisation. Only in exceptional cases is your full IP address transmitted to the Google server in the USA, where it is then abridged.

Google uses this information by order of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the operator of this website with further services connected with the use of this website and the internet. The IP address identified on your browser by Google Analytics is not connected to other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being stored by changing the settings in your browser software accordingly. Cookies will only be stored for a maximum of 90 days.

Google AdWords

This website uses Google AdWords, an online advertising programme. If you accessed our website via a Google advertisement, Google AdWords will store a cookie on your computer for 30 days. This cookie is used to evaluate the total number of users for the Google advertisement. No personal data is collected or used.

Facebook Social Plug-in

Our website uses plug-ins from the social media network Facebook. These plug-ins can be identified by the Like button or by the Facebook logo. If you call up our website via a Facebook plug-in, a direct connection is made to Facebook, informing Facebook that the respective page of our website has been opened. This also applies to users who are not registered on Facebook. For information on privacy regulations, the purpose and scope of the data recorded, how this data is processed and how you can adjust your settings to protect your privacy, please see Facebook.http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php.

Use of Facebook Remarketing

This website uses Facebook’s “Custom Audiences” remarketing function. The purpose of this function is to present visitors to this website with interestrelated advertising when they return to Facebook For this purpose, Facebook has implemented a remarketing tag on our website. This tag generates a direct connection to the Facebook server when you visit our website. It tells Facebook that you have visited this website. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the way in which Facebook collects and uses this data, and for information on your rights and how you can protect your privacy, please see https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ . Alternatively, you can deactivate the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function.https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=.

Alterations to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes at any time to this Privacy Policy in order to ensure it conforms with the latest legal stipulations. If any essential changes are made to the ways in which we collect, use and/or forward your personal data, we will indicate such changes clearly on our website.

Product prices and availability

Despite taking all possible care, errors and omissions cannot be completely excluded. All prices are quoted for information only and are not binding. The prices applicable are those quoted at the point of sale. Any special offers may be available only in restricted quantities, in certain regions or in certain sales points. Schulthess Maschinen AG accepts no liability for product unavailability or inaccurate price information. We reserve the right to make model changes. The prices quoted are only intended as a guide. All prices are quoted in Swiss francs (CHF). The amounts are quoted both as gross amounts including VAT and net amounts excluding VAT and do not include the statutory advance recycling charge. Special time-limited offers apply only between the specified dates.

The descriptions and illustrations contained in the catalogues, price lists and other advertising materials issued by Schulthess are to be regarded as general descriptions of the products concerned, and do not form part of the contractual relationship between Schulthess and the customer unless expressly included in writing.

All sales are subject to the Terms & Conditions of Schulthess Maschinen AG. www.schulthess.ch